1981 Missouri Tigers football team
Appearance
1981 Missouri Tigers football | |
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Tangerine Bowl champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, W 19–17 vs. Southern Miss | |
Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 20 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 8–4 (3–4 Big 8) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Faurot Field (Capacity: 62,023) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Oklahoma | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated in the Big 8 Conference and played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers were led by head coach Warren Powers and finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall, 3–4 in Big 8 play. They were invited play in the Tangerine Bowl, in which they defeated Southern Miss by a score of 19–17.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 12 | Army* | W 24–10 | 60,033 | ||
September 19 | Rice* |
| W 42–10 | 57,112 | |
September 26 | Louisville* |
| W 34–3 | 57,448 | |
October 3 | at No. 9 Mississippi State* | W 14–3 | 40,776 | ||
October 10 | Kansas State | No. 13 |
| W 58–13 | 61,012 |
October 17 | at Iowa State | No. 8 | L 13–34 | 53,220 | |
October 24 | No. 15 Nebraska | No. 19 |
| L 0–6 | 72,001 |
October 31 | Oklahoma State |
| L 12–16 | 57,541 | |
November 7 | at Colorado | W 30–14 | 35,782 | ||
November 14 | No. 15 Oklahoma |
| W 19–14 | 67,364 | |
November 21 | at Kansas | L 11–19 | 47,500 | ||
December 19 | vs. No. 18 Southern Miss* | W 19–17 | 50,045 | ||
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*Schedule Source:[1]
Season summary
Oklahoma
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Missouri's first win versus Oklahoma since 1969.[2]
References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Missouri Yearly Results: 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. November 15, 1981